2. Genre
Sci-Fi : the genre would become clear
further on into the film but from the
opening sequence with the scientist the
film is hinting at it becoming a Science
Fiction film.
3. What is it about?..
• A butler who decides enough is enough and goes
through the forbidden door, he works a scientist
and the scientist said “don’t go through that
door.”….he went through it and goes through the
space time continuum and lands back in the
sixties but only for a short time. He finds he
keeps going through the door and going back to
places in his life…
• Gets addicted to going back, then things in the
future change, lands back in house families
different, house is different, friends are no longer
friends etc. but he is addicted and continues to
go back to try and get old life but it is impossible
and the man get lost in time.
4. Where is it set?..
The setting of the film will be in the
England countryside in a big manor
house, where the scientist lives with his
servant butler.
5. Themes
• Sci-fi – the whole film will involve science fiction. The
film will go above the laws of science
• Time travel – will be the main theme of the film. It will
be involved in every sequence of the butlers memory
• Regret – everyone has regrets which people would like
to go back and change. This theme will allow people to
show that some regrets are meant to happen to go on
with life.
• Changing your past to improve your future – when
the butler travels to his past he will realize he will have
the opportunity to change events so he can have a
better future.
• Struggle – the butler has struggled with his life since he
was a little child and never appreciated what he had.
6. Films message
• Don’t try and change past, don’t get
stuck in your past you will never get
out of it
7. Target Audience
The audience were are targeting
our film towards are Old Age
Pensioners. As our film is Science
fiction, we struggled to come up
with a story line for out film that
would attract the old aged
pensioners. After a lot of thought,
we recognized that the film would
engage elder people more if we
embedded a message into it,
hence the moral being the past is
the past and everything happens
for a reason, everything that has
happened in your life makes you
the person you are today.
The main character in our film is
an elderly man played by Robert
De Niro which is a well known
name in the film industry and as
he is older our target audience
could relate to him and potential
relate to the character.
8. Opening sequence…
The opening sequence follows the butler in
his odd jobs before the scientist wakes,
with narrative talking about his work,
saying how long he has worked there, how
the scientist annoys him (so the audience
know to hate the scientist) etc until the
scientist comes in bragging of his work and
reminding the butler never to go in “the
room”.
9. Specific Moments
• Childhood – bullied most of the time
• 18th birthday – met his future wife
however his dad dies in a car crash
• 23 – struggles to get a job and has his
first kid but can’t provide
• 30 – 35 – Problems with his marriage
• 45 – Car crash with family and the
only onw who survives.
10. Does it introduce the
characters…
The main protagonist (the butler) would be
immediately introduced and then so would
the scientist afterwards.
11. • What is the style – a cinematic style with artsy
filming like in Tree of Life but still folowing the
story of a character and the inner message.
• What is the mood – The mood of the film will
change from the opening sequence, at the
beginning the mood will be cold and dark
shown by the lighting and film look ( colours
faded or darker) but once the butler travels
back in time to a happy past with higher
saturation of colours and warm lighting.
• Is it interesting/engaging idea – Any film
following someone's story is engaging because
the audience will wonder what is going to
happen next and will be hooked because of
this.
12. Advertisement
We plan to advertise this film through
film posters being placed in places
OAP’s would see i.e. Film Posters at
Bust Stops, on bill boards, and a trailer
on day time TV.
